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Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks the MTA should increase service to allow for social distancing on subway trains, even as the state’s transit agency struggles to stay afloat with thousands of workers out sick thanks to the coronavirus.

De Blasio also accused MTA chairman Pat Foye of misleading city officials about the problem of packed subways and buses as the worker shortages force the agency to cut back service.

“I don’t think we’re getting the whole truth on this one,” Hizzoner said. “[Foye] affirmed to me that this was a very limited problem and I don’t understand how he can say that when I have all through the week heard these reports.”

Over 5,200 MTA employees were out Thursday on COVID-19 quarantine, down from a high of over 6,000.

Transit officials have said the worker shortage makes it difficult to adjust service to meet demand.

But that didn’t stop de Blasio from insisting the agency could find the personnel to run more trains and buses.

He also suggested the city cops enforce “really clear limits on how many people can be in each train.”

“I think we got to all of us work together to figure this out,” he said. “It’s horrible what everyone’s going through, but is there any way to run more trains where they are needed?”

Foye pointed to the coronavirus’s toll on the agency’s staffing as the cause for the deterioration in service and added that “one complaint” about crowding on trains is “too many,” in a statement responding to de Blasio’s remarks.

“We are facing significant crew shortages as our workforce has been severely impacted by COVID-19,” Foye said. “Through a herculean effort, we have restored the No. 2 train in the Bronx, increased frequencies across 13 subway lines and added 100 additional buses in the Bronx and Brooklyn.”